People: Eric M. Steinert, Partner

Eric M. Steinert

Partner

San Francisco
Direct: (415) 544-1006
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Mr. Steinert is a partner in the Labor and Employment Department representing employers in a wide range of state and federal employment-law disputes.  He is a member of the firm’s Wage and Hour Litigation Practice Group and has defended large, complex class actions involving alleged wage-and-hour violations under both state and federal law.  Mr. Steinert also represents employers in single-plaintiff litigation involving wrongful discharge, discrimination, retaliation, and harassment claims – including extensive experience with various whistleblower claims (including Sarbanes-Oxley).

Mr. Steinert has traditional labor experience which includes union-organizing campaigns, arbitrations, representation cases, and defending ULP charges before the NLRB.  He also advises clients on labor relations matters pertaining to corporate campaigns, labor disputes, contract interpretation, and negotiations. 

Mr. Steinert also provides advice and counsel with respect to state and federal wage-and–hour laws, leave and disability issues, WARN requirements, employee termination issues, and drafting employee handbooks, policies, and employment contracts.

Mr. Steinert specializes in representing financial-services clients in FINRA arbitrations, wage-and-hour class actions, and single-plaintiff employment litigation.  For several years, Mr. Steinert worked as senior counsel for two of the country’s largest integrated financial-services companies, where he managed litigation and provided advice and counsel to all lines of business, including retail brokerage, wealth management, retail, wholesale, and commercial banking, mortgage and consumer finance, and insurance.

Mr. Steinert has written and lectured on various employment law topics, including CLE panels on legal ethics, wage and hour litigation, traditional labor and disability law.  He is a former law clerk for District Court Judge Lawrence T. Lydick of the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Southern Division, and served as the law clerk for the Central District Local Rules Committee.

Mr. Steinert is a partner in the Labor and Employment Department representing employers in a wide range of state and federal employment-law disputes.  He is a member of the firm’s Wage and Hour Litigation Practice Group and has defended large, complex class actions involving alleged wage-and-hour violations under both state and federal law.  Mr. Steinert also represents employers in single-plaintiff litigation involving wrongful discharge, discrimination, retaliation, and harassment claims – including extensive experience with various whistleblower claims (including Sarbanes-Oxley).

Mr. Steinert has traditional labor experience which includes union-organizing campaigns, arbitrations, representation cases, and defending ULP charges before the NLRB.  He also advises clients on labor relations matters pertaining to corporate campaigns, labor disputes, contract interpretation, and negotiations. 

Mr. Steinert also provides advice and counsel with respect to state and federal wage-and–hour laws, leave and disability issues, WARN requirements, employee termination issues, and drafting employee handbooks, policies, and employment contracts.

Mr. Steinert specializes in representing financial-services clients in FINRA arbitrations, wage-and-hour class actions, and single-plaintiff employment litigation.  For several years, Mr. Steinert worked as senior counsel for two of the country’s largest integrated financial-services companies, where he managed litigation and provided advice and counsel to all lines of business, including retail brokerage, wealth management, retail, wholesale, and commercial banking, mortgage and consumer finance, and insurance.

Mr. Steinert has written and lectured on various employment law topics, including CLE panels on legal ethics, wage and hour litigation, traditional labor and disability law.  He is a former law clerk for District Court Judge Lawrence T. Lydick of the U.S. District Court, Central District of California, Southern Division, and served as the law clerk for the Central District Local Rules Committee.

Education

  • J.D., University of California, Berkeley, Boalt Hall School of Law (1993)
  • B.A., Rice University (1990)
    cum laude
  • Universität Heidelberg, Germany (Winter Semester 1988)

Admissions

  • California

Courts

  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
  • U.S. District Court for the Central, Southern, Northern, and Eastern Districts of California

Affiliations

  • Securities Industry and Financial Markets Association – Compliance and Legal (SIFMA-CL)
  • California State Bar Labor and Employment Law Section
  • American Bar Association
  • Contra Costa County Bar Association
  • German-American Chamber of Commerce
  • St. Thomas More Society of San Francisco

Presentations

  • “Sarbanes-Oxley Whistleblower Litigation,” 2011 Advanced Labor and Employment Law Conference, Seyfarth Shaw (November 8, 2011)
  • "Ethics for Employment Lawyers," Bar Association of San Francisco (April 6, 2011)
  • "Employers Hold On To Your Seats! A New Wave of PAGA Litigation Is Coming," Seyfarth Shaw Webinar (March 15, 2011)
  • "Legislative and Wage & Hour Law Update For California Employers,"  Seyfarth Shaw Breakfast Briefing (February 1, 2011)
  • "Independent Contractors:  The Steep Costs of Misclassification in California,"  2011 Legal & Legislative Conference, Northern California Human Resources Association (January 27, 2011)
  • "Ethical Considerations for Companies and Candidates Before, During and After a Job Search,"  Association of Corporate Counsel, San Francisco Bay Area Chapter (January 22, 2010)
  • "Avoiding Legal-Ethics Traps in Managing Internal Investigations, Government Inquiries, and Litigation," 2010 Advanced Labor and Employment Law Conference, Seyfarth Shaw (November 10, 2010)
  • "Ethics Issues for In-House Counsel," 2009 Advanced Labor and Employment Law Conference, Seyfarth Shaw (October 15, 2009)
  • "Managing Class Actions: What In-House Counsel Need to Know," Association of Corporate Counsel, Southern California Chapter, (April 19, 2006)
  • "Cutting Edge Employment Compliance Issues," Association of Corporate Counsel, Southern California Chapter (April 20, 2005)